LME maintenance tent erection

Question..... TM calls for Tie down ropes off at angles......... but ton of pics it appears folk have run them straight down along the walls to the ground. (or pics just have ropes dangling?)

@swiss and anyone else with an LME, How do you have yours tied off?

( see image in https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/lme-maintenance-tent-erection.143775/post-2618628)

First couple days...... last Enclosure Cover


May not be up yet

anyone put a floor cloth in a tent like this before? Curious how you fix it to the ground . Would think turning would be a problem as you jocky the rig around inside. Is there like ground stakes ever 2 feet thru the material orrrrr??

PS-this image is another example as well of the whole thing tied down with ropes straint down along walls (see left corner of LME in image)

these end pieces are confusin gas hayl

coachgeo said:

these end pieces are confusin gas hayl

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OK.... got it... way they were folded up and stored... w/doors not in position they would be when installed .... as I unfolded and laid it out.... it just was ????? Yep it is how Platoon last folded it up.... that was causing the mind explosion .. and why it made no sense.. (that's my story and Im sticking to it)

Once done blaming the Privates.. Overlapped the Garage doors; unlike how it was stored & originally laid out; buckled/velcroed it all up on both sides, as if in full secured position for Wind storms, Snow Blizzards, rain, hail and thunder, Tanks and Taliban- (needed anyway so won't rip itself apart as you raise it up.) and then laid it back out; that's when the corrected shape appeared, and it all made sense.

coachgeo said:

Question..... TM calls for Tie down ropes off at angles......... but ton of pics it appears folk have run them straight down along the walls to the ground. (or pics just have ropes dangling?)

@swiss and anyone else with an LME, How do you have yours tied off?

( see image in https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/lme-maintenance-tent-erection.143775/post-2618628)

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Ropes go down on angles, about 3-4 feet away from base of tent. It is in the instruction manual. Do you have one? OMG Love the Video shows what a bitch these things are.

swiss said:

Ropes go down on angles, about 3-4 feet away from base of tent. It is in the instruction manual. Do you have one? OMG Love the Video shows what a bitch these things are.

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Yeah I have the TM's. and refer back and forth to them. Was just recognizing that in the photos of these in actual use in theatre and some in setup by surplus companies that sell them.. the ropes are sometimes like TM's and sometimes straight down along the edges. One surplus company I saw photos of a few LME.... recently realized their ropes are along sides........ and they have been set up and used that way for storage for last 12yrs.

One end Curtain installed. Am at it it alone again. Eddie ended up with unexpected sick baby and family priority stuff to deal with for a while. He'll be back to assisting soon. He got me over the hump and moving again, so am grateful.

Pics and Vids coming soon